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Patient knows the TikTok is rage bait. Knows the creator made it specifically to upset them. Has even said, out loud, 'this is rage bait.' Watches it anyway. Comments on it anyway. Sends it to the group chat with '????' anyway. The engagement has now pushed it onto 14 more For You Pages.
Chronic. Patient feeds the algorithm while complaining about it.
None. Meta-awareness has not interrupted the loop.
Patients with Severe Rage-Bait Engagement Loop typically present with some or all of the following:
Severe Rage-Bait Engagement Loop is a severe behavioral condition cataloged by the Institute. It is not recognized by the DSM-5, the ICD-11, or any existing diagnostic framework — and will not be, because it is not a real condition. It is, however, observed in the population with alarming frequency.
In the Institute's formal nomenclature, this condition is catalogued under the Latin binomial Captio irae automaticus — a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.
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